Florida Gators vs. High Point

[Mr2Bits]

Florida Gators vs. High Point

Game 15
Jan. 2, 2008
Florida vs. High Point
Stephen C. O’Connell Center (12,000)
Gainesville, Fla.

Game Notes:
Florida and High Point are meeting for the third time with the Gators owning a 2-0 lead in the series

The two teams met in 1999 and 2001, both in Gainesville, with the Gators winning by scores of 109-60 and 103-49 respectively

Florida Probable Starters (12-2)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
21 Dan Werner F 6-7 235 So. 7.1/7.4
34 Marreese Speights C 6-10 245 So. 13.9/7.1
15 Walter Hodge G 6-0 170 Jr. 9.6/2.6a
33 Nick Calathes G/F 6-6 194 Fr. 14.8/5.7a
5 Jai Lucas G 5-11 155 Fr. 9.2/2.2a

High Point Probable Starters (6-5)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
25 Earnest Bridges F 6-5 215 Fr. 2.3/2.2
30 Arizona Reid F 6-5 205 Sr. 24.0/10.5
1 Mike Jefferson G 5-10 190 Sr. 13.2/7.2a
4 Eugene Harris G 6-2 175 So. 10.4/3.0
15 David Campbell G 6-4 200 Fr. 3.7/2.7
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[Mr2Bits]

The gators pretty much handled High Point last night winning 88-70.

Marreese Speights had 24 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs, and Florida ended its non-conference schedule with an 88-70 victory over High Point on Wednesday night.

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

Gainesville, FL Sophomore center Marreese Speights (St. Petersburg, Fla.) had 24 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs, and Florida ended its non- conference schedule with an 88-70 victory over High Point on Wednesday night at the O’Connell Center. The 6-foot-10 Speights made the most of his height advantage, getting the majority of his points in the paint and controlling the offensive glass with five caroms. He connected on 10-of-14 shot attempts from the floor and used an array of post moves to get his way to the basket at will.

Speights’ rebounding numbers translated into a 41-27 advantage on the boards against High Point and led to 21 second-chance points.
Freshman guard Nick Calathes (Winter Park, Fla.) added 15 points and six assists for the Gators (13-2) and sophomore forward Jonathan Mitchell (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) chipped in 12 points.

Mitchell hit a variety of mid-range jumpshots, connected on two three- point shots and provided a defensive spark off the bench.

The Panthers trailed 50-34 at halftime, but cut the lead to seven twice in the second half, the last one at 61-54 with about 12 minutes to play.
Speights regained the Florida momentum with a dunk, a short turnaround shot in the post and then made two free throws to push the lead to 75-58.

The Gators kept the lead the rest of the way.

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